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Chris Woods of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism discusses the decade-long history of secretive US drone strikes; the UN investigation of civilian casualties from drones; the dangerous precedent the US is setting with targeted assassinations; the CIA’s exemption from the so-called drone playbook; classifying all military-age males as “militants;” the secret war in Somalia; and doubts about the long-term effectiveness of “mowing the grass.”

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